| UK [20] | Sweden [18] | Denmark [19] | Norway 1 |
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Borderline | Abnormal | Borderline | Abnormal | Borderline | Abnormal | Borderline | Abnormal |
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Sum/ratio | Sum/ratio | Sum/ratio | Sum/ratio | Sum/ratio | Sum/ratio | Sum/ratio | Sum/ratio |
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Total difficulties | 28 | 25 | 85 | 79 | 99 | 54 | 84 | 74 |
0.042 | 0.038 | 0.128 | 0.119 | 0.149 | 0.081 | 0.126 | 0.111 |
Emotional symptoms | 49 | 57 | 138 | 120 | 30 | 38 | 129 | 84 |
0.074 | 0.086 | 0.208 | 0.180 | 0.045 | 0.057 | 0.194 | 0.126 |
Peer problems | 29 | 24 | 82 | 98 | 77 | 53 | 50 | 130 |
0.044 | 0.036 | 0.123 | 0.147 | 0.116 | 0.080 | 0.075 | 0.195 |
Conduct problems | 48 | 31 | 51 | 66 | 87 | 66 | 46 | 128 |
0.072 | 0.047 | 0.077 | 0.099 | 0.131 | 0.099 | 0.069 | 0.192 |
Hyperactivity | 31 | 41 | 114 | 154 | 110 | 58 | 83 | 102 |
0.047 | 0.062 | 0.171 | 0.232 | 0.165 | 0.087 | 0.125 | 0.153 |
Prosocial | 32 | 26 | 87 | 46 | 61 | 39 | 102 | 100 |
0.048 | 0.039 | 0.131 | 0.069 | 0.092 | 0.059 | 0.153 | 0.150 |
N | 665 | 665 | 665 | 665 | 665 | 665 | 665 | 665 |
- The table shows the total number and proportion of children categorized as borderline and abnormal when suggested cutoff values from the UK, Sweden and Denmark were applied, respectively. The corresponding cutoff values are presented in Table 2. We used the age-appropriate cutoff values and separated between genders if the cutoff values were different. For the UK cutoff values, the norms for children aged 2–4 years were applied to the 4-year-old children in our study. For the Swedish cutoff values, the norms for 4- and 5-year-old children were applied. For the Danish cutoff values, the norms for children aged 5–7 years were applied. In cases where the cutoff values were similar for the borderline and abnormal scores, we only included individuals in the abnormal group. 1The Norwegian numbers are based on the 80th and 90th (10th and 20th for the prosocial score) percentiles from the present study